The following are terms you will define during the course of your research.
advertising
asset annual percentage rate
annual percentage yield
automated teller machine
bankruptcy
bankruptcy abuse prevention and consumer protection
bank
beneficiary
bond
budget
business plan
capital gain
capital loss
career
cash flow statement
charitable gift
closed-end credit
collateral
collectibles
collection agency
comparison shopping
compensation
complaint
compounding
contract
credit
credit card
credit counseling service
credit report
credit score
credit union
creditworthy
decision making (systematic)
debit card
debt
deductible
default
default dependent
disposable income
diversification
dividends
dollar-cost average
earned income
easy-access credit
electronic funds transfer (EFT)
emergency fund
employee benefit
employer-sponsored retirement savings plan
entrepreneur
equal credit opportunity act
equity
estate
ethics
expense
fair and accurate credit transactions act
fair credit and charge card disclosure act
fair credit billing act
fair credit reporting act
fair debt collection practices act
FICA
finance charge
financial adviser
financial goals
financial literacy
financial plan
fraud
garnishment
grace period
gross pay
identity theft
impulse buying
income
individual retirement account (IRA)
inflation
insurance
auto
disability
health
homeowners
liability
life
long-term care
renters
interest
interest income
investing
job
lease
liability
liquidity
living will
loan shark
medicaid
medicare
mortgage
mutual fund
net worth
open-ended credit
opportunity cost
pawnshop
payday loan
payment method
payroll deduction
peer pressure
pension protection act
personal finance
philanthropy
point of sale
portfolio
principal
privacy
probate court
profit
prospectus
rate of return
record keeping
rent rent-to-own
repossession
risk
risk management
rule of 72
scam
salary
saving
savings account
savings bond
savings and loan association (S&L)
security
simple interest
social security
spending plan
standard of living
stock
stored-value card
take-home pay
tax
tax credit
tax deduction
tax deferral
tax exemption
time value of money
tip
title loan
transfer payment
trust
truth in lending act
truth in savings act
unearned income
values
wage
warranty
wealth
welfare
will




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